Make love not war;
Throw Flowers not flames
Bouquets not bombs,
San Francisco wait for me
Forever 1960

And fire is seen in the eye of the young
But it is light we see in the old mans eyes."Victor Hugo"

The art of getting on at school depends on a mixture of enthusiasm with moral cowardice and social sense. The enthusiasm is for personalities and gossip about them,for a schoolboy is a novelist too busy to write.

(Cyril Connolly)

A fire has destroyed the Chameleon at Strood, Which makes me exceedingly glad:/For the waitresses there were disgustingly rude/ and the food was disgustingly bad.

(Michael Pope)

6 out of 7 dwarfs are not happy
But the Gups' dwarf is dopey

As a man advances in life he gets what is better than admiration--judgement to estimate things at their own value."Samuel Johnson"

I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
~ Mohandas Gandhi

People are so overwhelmed with the prestige of ther instruments that they consider their personal judgement of hardly any account.

(Percy Wyndham Lewis)

It is easier to be critical than correct

Sorry, this is a bit long, but it is well worth reading....

This was written by an 83-year-old woman to her friend.

*The last line says it all. *

Dear Bertha,

I'm reading more and dusting less. I'm sitting in the yard and admiring the view without fussing about the weeds in the garden. I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time working.

Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experiences to savor, not to endure. I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.

I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special event such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, or the first Amaryllis blossom.

I wear my good blazer to the market. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries. I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties, but wearing it for clerks in the hardware store and tellers at the bank.

"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now

I'm not sure what others would've done had they known they wouldn't be here for the tomorrow that we all take for granted. I think they would have called family members and a few close friends. They might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner or for whatever their favorite food was.

I'm guessing; I'll never know.

It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew my hours were limited. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write one of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and parents often enough how much I truly love them. I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, tell myself that it is special.

Every day, every minute, every breath truly is a gift from God.

If you received this, it is because someone cares for you. If you're too busy to take the few minutes that it takes right now to forward this, would it be the first time you didn't do the little thing that would make a difference in your relationships? I can tell you it certainly won't be the last.

Take a few minutes to send this to a few people you care about, just to let them know that you're thinking of them.

"People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there."
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance

Oh,the comfort,the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,but pouring them all out,just as they are, chaff and grain together,certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping,and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."DMC"